Valdemar

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
11/20/2020, 10:42 PM	Mike C	update #109
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
1/25/2013, 11:59 PM	Mike C	update #85
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Danish, Swedish, Finnish

Pronounced Pron. /ˈʋɑl.de.mɑr/(Finnish)

Meaning & History

Scandinavian form of Waldemar, also used as a translation of the Slavic cognate Vladimir. This was the name of four kings of Denmark and a king of Sweden. It was introduced to Scandinavia by the 12th-century Danish king Valdemar I who was named after his mother's grandfather: Vladimir II, a grand prince of Kievan Rus.